Thomas got LexisNexis to share data on millions of court citations, and with the help of mathematician Antonio Tomarchio, he showed that citations display a highlyskeweddistribution, similar to that of links among Web sites or the likelihood that top movie stars will appear in a film together.
The distribution of power between shareholders remains highlyskewed in France, however: 68% of the largest 200 companies have some form of double voting rights that allow big shareholders to wield disproportionate influence.